The Trisha Brown Dance Company (TBDC) was founded in 1970 by postmodern dancer/choreographer Trisha Brown. They have performed all over the world and collaborated with several leading names in music, art, and theatre. These collaborators included, but were not limited to, Robert Rauschenberg, Donald Judd, Laurie Anderson, and Alvin Curran. Currently, the company consists of 10 dancers and two associate art directors. The directors are Carolyn Lucas and Diane Madden. Lucas originally joined the dance company in 1984 as a dancer. Madden joined in 1980 and has danced, taught, studied and reconstructed Brown’s work since then. The company has an education and outreach program which provide workshops, master classes, and lectures all around the world. TBDC is even being studied as a class at Bard College. The classes teach their technique, repertoire, and their creative process. They are expanding their program with classes at New York University, California State University San Marcos, La Manufacture, Duke University, Centre National de Danse Contemporaine Angers, and Belgium’s professional training program P.A.R.T.S. The company continues to grow and will always evolve to fit the growing world.
